>> join us midday newscast at 11:00. thanks for starting your morning with us. good morning. breaking overnight, the royals rolling out the red carpet for president trump's first state visit to the uk, welcomed by the queen herself at buckingham palace. but londoners are ready to protest. we're there, live. warning signs. what a woman killed in the virginia beach massacre said about the killer in the past as police searched for clues. ♪ i once was lost and the community contends with the unthinkable. chaos in venice. new video showing the moment a

massive cruise ship slams into a bottom and box. tourists forced to flee. at least five people injured. this morning, new calls to ban those cruise ships from the venice canal. plus relentless historic flooding getting worse across the south and midwest. more rain is on the way. under arrest. a connecticut mother of five still missing. police take her estranged husband and his girlfriend into custody. golden state comeback. >> let's gone! >> the warriors rebound in a big way, beating toronto in game 2 of the nba final. and the series is tied up today, monday, june 3rd, 2019. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hi, everybody, good morning, welcome to "today," nice to have

you with us. we've got craig in for hoda, she's still on maternity leave. the president has just started this historic trip to great brit ainbritain, it comes course at a time of great political turmoil on both sides of the pond. security, anticipation, and in some cases anger, are high. nbc white house correspondent peter alexander is in london. peter, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning from here in london. president trump is the guest of honor here with a series of ceremonial celebrations, right now sharing a private lunch with the queen. to many brits he is an unwelcome guest. the president already stirring up controversy before he even landed, trading insults with london's mayor and offering unsolicited opinions on british politics and brexit. president trump welcomed to the uk with the pomp and pageantry he loves, greeted by prince

charles, camilla and the queen. a royal salute before the president inspected a british honor guard. but just before touching down, lashing out at london's mayor, sadiq khan, after khan recently blasted the president's behavior as abhorrent and offensive. >> i don't think we should be rolling out the red carpet. >> reporter: tonight he'll be honored by the queen at a state dinner. not attending, the newest royal, the duchess of sussex, american meghan markle, a month removed from the birth of her son archie. trump was asked about markle's comments during the 2016 campaign, describing him as misogynistic. >> a lot of people are moving here, what can i say? no, i didn't know she was nasty. >> reporter: the president denying making the remark, later

in the interview appearing to praise markle. >> she'll be very good. >> reporter: her husband prince harry is expected to meet the trumps at a private lunch alongside prince william and duchess kate. also taking part in the visit, president trump's children, including daughter ivanka and husband jared kushner. the brits are preparing for major protests. and making its return, that giant trump baby balloon, meant to mock the president, as seen in this ad from sky, owned by nbc's owner comcast. the president weighing in on the country's planned departure from the european union. the president now suggesting the pro-brexit former mayor of london, boris johnson, would be a good candidate to succeed may. >> he's been a friend of mine, i have a good relationship with him. >> reporter: given pump's unpopularity here, it's unclear

whether that endorsement would help or hurt johnson's chances of becoming britain's next year. coming up, a former formal tea charles and camilla. tonight, white ties and tiaras and toasts to be made by both president trump and queen elizabeth herself. a full day of pomp and pageantry ahead. back to you. >> all right, peter alexander, leading us off from london, thank you, peter. also this morning, we're learning more about the alleged gunman in that mass shooting in a government building in virginia beach. 12 lives lost and this morning, four others remain hospitalized. nbc's tom costello joins us with the very latest on the investigation. tom, good morning. >> reporter: craig, good morning to you. flowers and flags here outside of building number 2. dewayne craddock, the suspect, had worked as an engineer in

that building for 15 years. he had resigned i can't realear morning via email. this morning, virginia beach is reeling from the country's latesthe country's latest mass murder 12 crosses stand in memory of the victims who were gunned down friday afternoon at the municipal building among them, 39-year-old laquita brown. her uncles say their close-knit family is devastated >> i've witnessed family members cry with such depths that there's no pousound. >> reporter: laquita's passion was volunteering in africa and haiti. she told officials she had concerns about dewayne craddock, the suspect in the massacre. >> she felt he wasn't -- he wasn't, you know, in his right mind at times. >> reporter: she described craddock as antisocial to your knowledge, did he ever

threaten anybody in that office? had he expressed any feelings like he was threatening them >> not to our knowledge. >> shots fired, shots fired! >> reporter: the first officers were on the scene within two minutes as craddock unloaded two .45 handguns, one equipped with a silencer. he engaged in a running gun battle with police, firing through doors and walls. >> our suspect was not lacking for ammunition the only thing that separated him from a more deaths is time and we had to reduce the amount of time. >> reporter: police eventually shot craddock. he died at the hospital. a note left by relatives expressed condolences to the victims' families. officials say craddock was not facing disciplinary issues but had resigned earlier that day by

email. >> he was not terminated and was not in the process of being terminated >> reporter: four victims remain hospitalized this morning, all in critical condition. 12 will never return home, as this community asks why. >> tom, we know response time in situations like this is paramount. how prepared was local law enforcement for this particular situation? >> reporter: so the virginia beach police department is literally right across the parking lot. they were there within minutes and detectives were the first on the scene, not s.w.a.t the police chief here is urging cities across the country, train for an active shooter situation. these detectives were cross trained along with every other officer and fire and ems in affect t active shooter situations. the chief says that made all the difference in pinning down the suspect and trying to treat the victims as quickly as they could. >> tom costello for us in virginia beach, tom, thank you

sheinelle jones joining us now. >> good morning to you let's turn now to the relentless flooding in the midwest and south. new evacuations were issued along the arkansas river over the weekend. even more weather is expected today. nbc's gabe gutierrez is in little rock with the latest. gabe, good morning >> reporter: sheinelle, good morning. take a look at the arkansas river behind me. all the water is rushing downstream the river is rising and expected to crest later today so many communities in this region has been devastated this morning, historic floodwaters are ravaging more communities throughout the south, the plains, and the midwest. in pine bluff, arkansas, the rivehas crept up to rooftops some neighborhoods are under mandatory evacuation orders. >> it's crazy. you just can't really explain it >> reporter: we toured ft. smith on the western edge of the state where the floodwaters have been relentless for days. >> it's been huge. it's going to continue to be huge once this water finally gets out of here, people are going to

start trying to rebuild and clean up and so we're going to be dealing with this probably all summer >> reporter: right here, the arkansas river crested at a record 40.8 feet, spilling into about 500 homes. >> the water was right up on top of these >> reporter: ben is cleaning up after the water seeped in his riverside home >> those trees right there, that's the river >> reporter: that's a crazy amount of water. >> it's insane >> reporter: the heartache not over yet, severe weather and hail hammering new mexico and texas tonight. nearly 300 river gauges across several states are at flood stage, flooding burlington, iowa, and breaching this levee in arkansas. how tough is looking at this >> it's heartbreaking. we didn't have time to get all our furniture out. everything's still in there until we can get in and see what the water is like. we have no idea what's

destroyed. >> reporter: across the river in north little rock over the weekend, local authorities went door to door, urging some residents to consider leaving. and the threat here is not over yet. this region is expecting more rain this week sheinelle and craig? >> we'll have to see, thank. we'll get to al's forecast just ahead. first, an investigation under way this morning after a massive cruise ship plowed into an another tourist boat and dock in venice, injuring at least five people. that crash caught on camera by people on the ship and on land as well. nbc's kelly cobiella is in venice for us. kelly, this is some wild video >> reporter: yeah, it's really scary to watch that. and imagine being on the boat, craig. this canal is one of the busiest in all of venice, especially during tourist season. that dock where this happened is just behind me, still closed this morning that small river boat still tied up after a run-in with a

66,000-ton cruise ship the "msc opera" cruise ship this morning scratched and dented after this the 900-foot ship, alarm blaring, crashed into a river boat and a concrete dock sunday morning. >> back, back! >> reporter: tourists panicked and scrambled to get out of the way, some slipping into the water as the massive ship collided with the river boat, injuring four, including an american tourist you can see the damage the people injured were on that rooftop terrace having breakfast and the ship closed in >> it hit the gangplank, i was holding on to the rope, then it hit again. >> reporter: phillip jones saw it all from his apartment. >> it was scary. it sounds ridiculous, we were lucky. it could have been very much worse. >> reporter: two tugboats were

leading the "appear areopera" te canal when the ship had a technical problem. one of the tug lines snapped cruise ships are controversial in venice. at the height of the season, they pass through every day, their wake eroding the foundations of this fragile floating city. >> summertime, it's like a freeway. it's busy. >> reporter: thatere's been tal of banning them for years. many here say a change can't come soon enough two of the injured are still in the hospital this morning. the cruise ship company says they're cooperating with the investigation. they also say that that ship is headed back out to sea in just a few hours with passengers on board and a lot of questions still unanswered this morning, guys >> kelly cobiella in venice for us, kelly, thank you there's a lot more to get to

this morning, including an avalanche on india's second highest mountain among the group, two americans nbc's keir simmons has late-breaking information on that search. keir, good morning >> reporter: guys, devastating news this morning, a backpack seen near the area of an avalanche. now reports that five bodies have been seen on the mountains. this team of adventurers began two weeks ago but failed to return to base camp last friday. this morning, troubling news in the search for eight mountain climbers missing for a week in the himalayas after a heavy avalanche. the associated press reporting that indian air force pilots have now spotted five bodies before more snow suspended the search rescue operations are set to resume on tuesday. the group of 12, divided into two groups heading to different mountain peaks four were rescued. their goal, an unnamed summit in the himalayas, the second tallest mountain in india and

500 miles from mt. everest the family of one of two americans on the ill-fated expedition issued a hopeful statement, saying, our dad was a highly experienced climber and outdoorsman and an accomplished medical doctor well-trained in emergency medical care the family of martin moran saying another guide went to search for the climbers after they didn't make an expected return to base camp, adding there was sizable evidence that an avalanche occurred. >> i still believe there is a possibility they may come back alive. >> reporter: the indian mountain eager federation launching an air search after the alarm was raised on friday the casualty rate for climbers in the region is five times higher than on mouth everest, where at least 11 climbers have died last month alone. >> at that a lltitude the body struggling to breathe and

maintain life. >> reporter: this is a deadly climbing season on mt. everest >> it has become a death race there. there is a massive traffic jam and people are pushing themselves >> reporter: trekking in the himalayas has been called off because of the risk of avalanches even that search and rescue operation was suspended for a while because of snow and heavy rain now it's begun again with potentially terrible news. back to you guys >> heartbreaking keir, thank you. also this morning, the nba finals tied up at one game apiece now after golden state beat toronto state, 109-104 warriors battling back from a deficit to pick up a key win on the road klay thompson led the warriors with 25 points before leaving with a hamstring injury. game 3, wednesday night, going to be in oakland on hand last night, president

barack obama got a handing ovation, seated next to his buddy adam silver, the president a long time basketball fan he and steph curry are friends >> between president obama, drake, so many headlines around the game >> lots of storylines there in toronto. let's turn back to the weather. mr. roker, what are we looking at, sir? >> we had potential downpours in the northeast on saturday, vivid lightning, street flooding going around also out there in randals island and new york city, we saw heavy thunderstorms and evacuations for a big concert there. today, risk of severe weather from texas to the plains storm hazards calling large wind and hail tuesday, rain again in areas that do not need more rain we've got this tropical disturbance, invest 91-l, it

probably won't become much but will have its effects felt in places that do not need more rain it starts a fire hose of moisture coming up into the gulf then in between the high pressure over the southeast, low pressure over the plains, this is going to funnel in a ton of moisture into the mississippi valley where they do not need it rainfall amounts through friday could be three to five inches of rain and that's going to exacerbate the flooding along the missouri, arkansas, and mississippi rivers so their problems are not anywhere near over just yet. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds and do what you wanna do. so...

good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. starting out with mist and drizzle in san francisco. inland areas are mostly cloudy. it all clears out today. our highs up even higher than yesterday. up to 87 in antioch. 73 in oakland. san jose, expect a high of 83 degrees. 87 today in santa rosa. our temperatures will go up for the start of the week and then cooldown on thursday and friday. by the weekend, we're feeling some more hot summer-like weather. see eye to eye. a watch th that said, president trump is a fan of the queen's. he has spoken very complementary of her before. he has enjoyed his previous v s visits. this is his first official state visit. the queen is formally hosting the trump family. he has been to the u.k. for a working visit in the past and met the queen previously. there was a minor dust-up over

pro tension protocol. you can bet his team warned him not to make the same mistake. we have seen no breaches of protocol from the president or fl that first lady that i can tell. meghan markle is home with her infant son, archie. she and prince harry just had a babe. president trump was asked about the comments that m

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the clouds we're seeing overhead clear up, it is a cloudy start. then once we go through late modern, we will see all clear skies across the bay area. and look at how hot it will be for our inland valleys. reaching the upper 80s today. in san francisco, up to 68 degrees. much cooler there. 83 in san jose. 87 today in antioch. and our seven-day forecast shows that some of our valleys will continue to heat up. but by the end of the week, it cools down. we're looking at mid-70s only for thursday and friday. 280 at 17. that's the biggest build. over here the san mateo is recovering. westmont 84, dumbarton might see a little bit more traffic. it did clear. good recovery over the last few. i think traffic may have just cleared. speeds are starting to recover

into san mateo as well. the car fire around the 84 merge a little slow. back to you. thank you very much. i'll be back in half an hour.

[ cheering ] back now, 7:30 on a monday morning, june 3rd, 2019. sheinelle is here. savannah will rejoin us in just a moment president trump getting a royal welcome in london this morning during his first official state visit to the united kingdom the president and first lady greeted at buckingham palace by prince charles and camilla, the duchess of cornwall. tonight he'll be honored by the queen during a state dinner. not attending, the duchess of sussex, meghan markle, a month removed from the birth of her

son, archie. flooding in the midwest. the mississippi river has breached a levee near st. louis. a drone captured video of the overflowing river yesterday. emergency officials urged residents in the area to evacuate medial. in the town of foley, rising waters have trapped people in homes and businesses some homeowners are waking up this morning trying to decide if they're going to work or not because someone hit the power ball jackpot over the weekend. the ticket purchased at this grocery store in hope mills, north carolina it's worth $344 million. the winner has yet to come forward. if it wasn't you, don't worry, the mega millions jackpot is even bigger, now standing at $475 million that drawing is tomorrow night now to new developments in the search for a connecticut mother of five missing for more than a week.

two people, including her estranged husband, have been arrested in connection with the case nbc's kristen dahlgren is in norwalk, connecticut with the very latest. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, sheinelle. this morning the search is intensifying in just a few hours, jennifer dulos's estranged husband and his girlfriend will appear here in court on charges that include evidence tampering this morning as the search for jennifer dulos intensifies, her estranged husband, fotis dulos, and his girlfriend, michelle troconis, are under arrest for fabricating evidence and hindering prosecution. this video shows the couple interacting with authorities on friday outside the fotises' home he's now being held before he and troconis face a judge this morning. >> just one word: shocked. >> reporter: jennifer dulos was last seen ten days ago

after dropping off her kids at school in new contain aew caanas reported missing officers found her empty suv near waveny park in new canaan they scoured the surrounding areas. some handed out fliers to passing motorists. >> it's devastating for all of us >> reporter: the search spanning multiple states including properties linked to fotis dulos, a develop aer of high end homes. the duloses were engaged in a high stakes divorce battle including for custody of their kids the community came together for a vigil as jennifer's loved ones wait for answers

and a town united in faith and fellowship try to comfort a family in need >> we are bound by our common humanity we're bound by our hope for jennifer >> fotis dulos and his girlfriend are not charged with jennifer's disappearance are authorities saying what they think happened to her? >> reporter: well, they're remaining tight-lipped, although they do say they expect additional charges they say this is now a criminal investigation as well as a missing persons case over the weekend they were searching for dumpsters and in storm drains "the hartford current" also reporting that a local source tells them blood was found in jennifer's home. right now her friends and family are really holding out hope that they will find her safe. >> kristen, thank you. let's switch gears and get a check of the weather we're talking about el niño. >> that's right, looks like a weak el niño through the summer. for us that means basically we'll see the sea surface temperatures create weak el niño conditions that will last

through the summer what that means, unfortunately, is more of what we've been seeing this jetstream, a very active southern storm track that means increased rainfall for the southern states, into the plains we've got more wet weather for those folks. also cool weather for june cleveland's high today, 60 degrees. that feels like april 22nd, that's the normal high we should have at 75 degrees how about pittsburgh the high today of 62, it feels like it should, on april 21st, normal high 76 even here in new york city, high of 71, we should be at 76. that feels-like, may 9th we will see a bounceback temperatures into the 80s for nashville for the week new york city by thursday, we're at 81 degrees. jacksonville, low 90s. jackson, 80s ka good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. it's a cloudy, even drizzly

start in san francisco. all of this will clear out. we will see sunshine today. we'll stay cool and foggy along the coast with inland areas heating up. expect concord, livermore, morgan hill to reach 86 today. san jose, 83. the rest of the forecast stays hot and summer-like. a brief break thursday and friday. highs reaching into the mid-70s. >> and that's your latest >> and that's your latest weather. craig? ahead, reading, writing, and money. the new push in schools nationwide to better prepare students for their financial futures. also ahead, controversy surrounding kim kardashian's fight to free a convicted murderer this morning, why the victim's mother says the star's visit to death row makes her sick then chip and joanna gaines adding harvard graduates to their already lengthy resumes. but first, a "today" exclusive. an inside look at the war on

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this woman exclusively steph, good morning. >> hey, good morning, guys in her new book, manada bakos recounts her work in the cia as a targeter, hunting down a notorious terrorist. she had to sue the government to get the story out, though. bakos talks about what it's like to be a woman in the cia, the consequences of war, and how she helped bring down one of al qaeda's top leaders. >> that for me is line therapy >> reporter: nada bakos finds peace in seattle's nature preserves. >> being outdoors helps me, i grew up on a farm. that's what centers me the most. >> reporter: a far cry from where she found herself in the spring of 2003, in iraq, looking at for terrorists. you had never been to a war zone >> never >> reporter: you were in your early 30s. >> yes >> reporter: and you find yourself at baghdad international airport just weeks after u.s. soldiers take control of the city.

>> reporte . >> yes >> reporter: what was that like? >> when i first got off the airplane, it was essentially chaos. >> reporter: bakos worked for the cia, first as an analyst and then what they called a targeter her target, the mastermind behind the 2003 deadly bombing at the u.n. headquarters in baghdad, abu ail al zaqawi >> the fear is that zakawi is expanding his reign of terror. >> reporter: the deadliest and most feared terrorist in the war. she wrote dozens of briefs for president george w. bush as the death toll mounted >> my job was trying to formulate the where, the when, and the how of the organization and dismantle it >> reporter: her new book, "the

targeter," traces her journey from a small town in montana to the war on terror. it started basically on a whim, packing her bags and driving to d.c. >> not a lot of people go to washington and say, i think i'll join the cia how does that even happen? >> i think that was part of my naivete of thinking, i can do that you have to take a bold move and figure out later if that's what you really want to do. that's what i did. >> reporter: at first it was tough. bakos worried she couldn't cut it >> how did your self doubt change how you did the job >> it motivated me i had something to prove i didn't go to an ivy league school women do this to themselves all the time, constantly thinking, am i good enough >> reporter: she was good enough, working to establish

connections between al zakawi and al qaeda >> i didn't see the justification for a war as it was laid out i dinot work on the wmd side, but the little amount of information that i did see and was privy to, i wasn't seeing an immediate urgent need for us to invade iraq. >> reporter: she now lives with her own personal aftermath, having seen the brutality of war with her very own eyes >> i think having any experience with seeing another human being who has been severely injured or killed, those are definitely low points >> reporter: did you see that? >> yeah. >> reporter: friends >> no, thankfully. >> reporter: people that you worked with? >> yeah. >> reporter: it took bakos several years after returning home to feel the full impact she was eventually diagnosed with ptsd. >> i was just not even functional, couldn't go anywhere, couldn't do anything i was stuck.

i tried to just focus on not thinking too far ahead, so what's important today >> reporter: now living in washington state and no longer working for the cia, bakos marvels at the unimaginable course of her life >> do you ever sit down sometimes and think, look at me, this girl from montana >> all the time. >> look what happened. >> i'm sitting here wondering the same thing >> the cia declined our request for comment. as for bakos, she now does contract work for a social media company. she says she wrote her book because she thought someone should tell the story of what it was like on the ground for the cia. she also wants more women to be interested in working in national security. if she can, she says, you can too. sheinelle? >> to write the book, to get her story out, you indicated she had to sue why? >> because once you leave the cia, obviously you have a whole host of information that is classified and they want to know if you're going to publish something, whether or not it

should be published. they didn't want her to publish, at first she said, you know what, eigit's necessary. she says she understands why the system is in place but she says she values transparency and the american public should know what the government is up to. >> it's fascinating, and a lit alarming >> definitely alarming her book is a good read, both personal and political, a good balance between the two. >> i would imagine for someone who spent years on the ground covering iraq, such as you, it was revealing in a different way. >> it was interesting to see what the government was doing behind the scenes and what she was doing personally to raise the red flags and saying to the administration, zaqawi is bad news and is going to do a lot of damage >> she was right >> stephanie, thank you. just ahead, kim kardashian's meeting with a death row inmate that she's trying to free and why the victim's mother says kim

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good monday morning. right now at 7:56, we are all clear in the inland areas. a live look at walnut creek. temperatures start out nice and cool. but it is going to be a hot day. we are still seeing clouds over san jose right now. but we are going to see the temperatures there reach up to 83 degrees. and in oakland today, a high of 73 can be expected. and santa rosa, look for a high of 87. keeping it cool and lingering a little bit longer in san francisco. highs in the upper 60s. it will be hot to start this week. by thursday, the winds pick up. much more of a cool ocean breeze. highs in the mid-70s. a brief break from the high heat. it comes back in time for the weekend. on saturday, we are seeing highs up to 85 and 90 on sunday.

we'll have more updates on that. over to mike for an update on the commute. a pleasant drive around the bay overall. south bay continues the steady build. crash cleared 101 on whipple. east bay, tri-valley. southbound 680 jamming up. left two lanes affected by a crash southbound 680. it clears before you get to that point. west across the san mateo and dumbarton. bridges are clear. a slower drive. back to you. happening now, people in walnut creek are stunned after police shoot and kill a man near his childhood home. he aing taed his family with a steel bar and walked around the neighborhood and allegedly charged at arriving officers. more on our home page including what the neighbors say of his history of mental health.

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this morning we'll hear from a victim's mother. and fixer-upperclassmen. chip and johana gaines graduate from harvard >> morning, morning, happiest morning! >> good morning to my little brother. >> in el paso, texas >> tennessee >> it took us 17 hours to get here from new orleans. >> but we made it. >> to our small town in mississippi. >> good morning, from deadwood, south dakota we are the mickelson trail half marathon finishers woo-hoo! >> so much to celebrate there, that's cool, on a nice, bright, shiny day on our plaza good morning, it's monday and it's nice to have you along with

us to start the workweek >> look at that great crowd, we'll get outside and enjoy them in just a minute those plaza shoutouts, you've been very well with them, put a short video on twitter or instagram and you'll be part of our virtual plaza. >> that's right, we love that so keep them coming let's get right to the news at 8:00. the president arrived in great britain overnight for a state visit that includes a visit with queen elizabeth. he'll face protests there and friction with some members of the royal family, perhaps. our peter alexander is traveling with the president good morning, peter. >> reporter: good morning, savannah, from london. president trump and the first lady welcomed with the pomp and pageantry that he loves, arriving at buckingham palace, greeted by prince charles, camilla and of course the queen. the trip is largely ceremonial with a banquet at buckingham

tonight after a tour and tea with prince charles. the president is also an unwelcome guest in the eyes of many brits, very unpopular here. president trump lashing out at london's mayor, a fierce trump critic, even before touching down after the mayor saying it was un-british to roll out the red carpet for him the president called the duchess of sussex meghan markle "nasty" after she called him misogynistic during the 2016 campaign the president pushed for a more aggressive departure from the european union major protesters expected here in the uk. >> thanks, peter with tensions rising in the middle east, the united states now says it is ready to hold talks with iran, no preconditions. however, secretary of state mike pompeo says the u.s. will not ease up on sanctions designed to

pressure iran to change its behavior the trump administration has accused iran of destabilizing the behavior by supporting militant groups. it also wants iran to rein in its nuclear program. officials are still serving for a motive in friday's mass shooting in a government building in virginia beach a memorial was set up to honor 12 people who lost their lives, four others seriously injured. police say 40-year-old city engineer dewayne craddock opened fire on his co-workers with two handguns the city manager said he was an employee in good standing but had emailed a resignation letter just before the shooting cosmetics chain sephora says it is closing all 400 of its stores in the u.s. on wednesday for diversity training the move comes after grammy-nominated singer sza claimed she was racially profiled at a store in los angeles in april she said an employee called

security to make sure she wasn't shoplifting. sephora apologized and said it is committed to ensuring that every member of the community feels welcome at its stores. let's get a boost, it's a good one retired miami heat legend dewayne wade made an appearance at marjory stoneman douglas high school in florida. wade has grown close to those students since the tragic shooting last year he praised the graduates for their activism and led them in an inspirational chant >> diversity to the last man, to the last minute, to the last second we fight >> the chant you heard there was a nod to the slogan that cropped up around the school after that tragic shooting. >> d. wade, retired but still making a difference. >> and seems to have really bonded with the students, i'm sorry it meant a lot

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look at the case of kevin cooper, a man sentenced to death who now hopes new dna tests will prove his innocence. >> reporter: this is part of the prison that most visitors never see. she met with kevin cooper, convicted in 1983 of brutally murdering four people including two children kardashian tweeting, i found him to be thoughtful and honest and i believe he is innocent cooper's case has been championed over the years by investigative reporters and criminal justice experts, including federal judge william a. fletcher. >> he is on death row because the san bernardino sheriff's department framed him. >> reporter: the case complicated. during the initial conversation, the lone survivor, 8-year-old josh ryan, told police that three white or latino men murdered his parents two witnesses also said they saw three white men driving a station wagon away from the home on the day of the murders.

but prosecutors say tests prove cooper was in the victims' house and in their stolen car and point to physical evidence mary ann hughes' 11-year-old son chris was one of the victims she says she's offended by kardashian's visit she says, "her celebrity status allows her to do this. i've been living with this for 36 years." hughes says she's 100% convinced the cooper's guilt, adding, "the fact that she's posing up in san quentin with their arms around each other makes me sick to my stomach. kardashian wrote to then-california governor jerry brown in favor of retesting of physical evidence in the case. california's new governor gavin newsom has ordered additional

testing and a moratorium on executions kardashian writing, "i am hopeful that kevin will be exonerated since dna testing has now been ordered on kevin's case and i remain grateful to governor newsom for ending capital punishment in california >> i love this woman >> reporter: kardashian made headlines last year when she convinced president trump to commute the sentence of a woman serving life for a non-violent drug charge. >> this has fulfilled my heart >> reporter: since then kardashian has been working with the buried alive project, helping win the release of 17 prisoners in the last three months, including terrance byrd, convicted of drug charges in 1995 >> she don't know none of us but just for her to take the time out, that shows a whole lot, what type of person she really is >> reporter: by standing with kevin cooper, kardashian showing she's willing to get involved

with controversial and highly sensitive legal cases. >> governor newsom ordered those dna tests in february, results are expected soon. kardashian is pushing back against criticism that she staged photos of her entering san quentin, the star and her attorney saying those came from a photo agency acting on its own, guys. >> all right, natalie, thank you very much. all right. this is that time of the morning. >> my favorite time of the morning. >> you're just saying that >> we don't create pop stars but i own it first up today, chip and johanna gaines celebrated 16 years of marriage today now they're harvard graduates, completing harvard's business entertainment media and sports program, which includes kevin

love and ceara johanna said, not a single one of us are like a but we were challenged and made better she added that she thought she was going to cast a vote for chip, her husband, to be class president. congratulation to them >> can we go to that >> i think they went to harvard for two days, it's like a camp and then you can claim you graduated harvard. >> i think we should do it >> what else can they not do, by the way? they can do it all >> for two days. >> how do you get in that program? up next, beyonce and blu ivy the queens of the jungle on saturday night, attending the wearable art gala in california. this year's theme was journey to the pride lands. beyonce was channelling the lion king, which she stars in in july blu ivy also looking terrific wearing a billowy headdress and matching headpiece

billow we y not a word i thoughi would ever say looks like the two had a great time finally, the best for last, madonna has a big announcement including a response to what many fans had been already anticipating she's breaking the news exclusively on "today. >> i hear you. i'll be on pride island where i was born >> there you go. >> was that the announcement >> she will be appearing at pride island here in new york city this year where she's going to be performing a few songs on sunday, june 30th. tickets have already sold out, back in march. rumors started to spread about madonna's possible appearance at the event. pride island is just one of the weekend-long events, part of the new york city pride parade which is also hosting world pride and celebrating the 50th anniversary of the stonewall uprising. madonna is sitting down for an interview with our very own

harry smith. that will air on june 14th, the same day that madam x, her 14th studio album, is released. >> there you go. >> do you have a click that's my second favorite segment of the show. >> you are so full of it a group of guys hanging out at the lake decided to go for a rope swinging record the previous record here was nine people on a swinging single rope they had 11, okay? there's three. watch this happen. >> oh, boy >> one jumps on and it swings back hold on for dear life. >> we know how it's going to end. >> there's another one >> this takes about a full minute and several profanities later. >> the 11th person they hang on just in time. they crash into the water. although the real hero here is really the rope and tree >> or what about the first guy hanging on >> and first guy >> they broke it >> 11 dudes.

>> i didn't think it was going to end that well >> the good clicks is with someone falling. >> they broke it >> that's amazing. carson, thank you so much. >> my pleasure >> happy monday, i love you. >> let's do it tomorrow. >> i'll be here. >> we'll be waiting. al, now for the weather, my third favorite segment >> wow and that depends on the day. >> it depends on the weather >> we're looking strong storms firing up from texas into the plains, so that's rough. we have clear skies on both coasts temperatures, 90s in southern california, into the southwest, southern texas through the gulf, panhandle of florida, some areas could hit 100s northeast and great lakes, 50s and 60s. rest of the country today, cooler and dry here in the northeast. we're looking at more heat continues down through the south. look out for the severe storms firing up through texas into the mid-plains and out west. a little coo good morning, i'm

meteorologist kari hall. we can see the fog and drizzle over san francisco right now. it will be slow to clear today and keeping those temperatures cool in the upper 60s. in the meantime, it's already clear in the inland valleys and spots like antioch will reach up to 87 today. 83 in san jose and napa expect a high of 84. our forecast stays hot inland as we go through the middle of the week but there will be a brief cooldown on thursday and friday before it gets hot again this weekend. >> that's your latest weather. guys? >> al, thank you. latest weather. guys >> all right, al, thank you. as adults, everybody has questions, how to earn money, how to spend it, how to save it. >> now some schools think it's time to start that conversation a lot earlier. nbc's savannah sellers is here with more. it's growing trend >> it is, absolutely in the last few months, states like arizona and new jersey have passed laws requiring schools to teach financial literacy, joining more than 20 other states that have done the same

it's a trend that's quickly growing, as you mentioned. educators and lawmakers say the time to prepare students for the real world is now. >> reporter: ini alex todd's class, these students are learning more than your typical english or science lessons they're learning how to prepare for life >> when i was in high school, there's algebra, physics, social studies. financial literacy was nowhere among those courses. >> it's an essential skill to shake their hand at graduation and say, congratulations, but good luck figuring out that money thing, it's never worked. >> reporter: alex figured out a way to make it work. he began teaching students in kentucky how to save, budget, and invest their money skills new numbers suggest are needed four in ten adults in the u.s. do not have the savings to cover a $400 emergency and eight in ten adults live

paycheck to paycheck alex says the time to change those numbers is now while teens are still in high school >> they're thinking about money, i'm going to have to be on my own one day and i'm going to have to learn this stuff >> reporter: the wait list proves it. students like miles had to wait a year to get into the class >> i know i have to apply for other classes but financial literacy really helps to plan for my future in the long run. >> reporter: is it your favorite class? >> yes, of course. >> reporter: miles says the class taught him how to put aside savings from his part-time job and he's started investing in mutual funds. >> it shows me how putting away money here and there can bring me $500,000 in the next five years.

>> reporter: states across the country have similar laws. what do you hope happens withery >> every adult should know how to manage money. >> reporter: kids as young as 10 and 11 years old, like these fifth graders with stock portfolios in florence's classroom. >> when you guys see a stock that's really low, what do you think? >> it's a buying opportunity >> reporter: florence, a former hedge fund manager turned teacher, has been educating kids in maryland about the power of the dollar for more than 16 years. >> what do you think about people who might say this is too young of an age to talk about money? >> people are afraid to talk with their children about money. if we don't start financial education at a very young age, we're building for future generations where they are taking on too much student loan debt, they're buying homes they can't afford >> you're making a lot of money. >> reporter: these fifth graders prove age is really just a number they're diversifying their portfolios, learning how to earn

a salary, paying classroom rent, and saving toward their goals. >> they are really learning what is an explicit, real world skill. >> it's one that everybody needs. and some people learn it the hard way some people never learn. but these children are learning it at a young age. >> you buy what and sell what? >> reporter: florence says many of her students share with that he share what they learn in the classroom with their parents >> i want them to continue thinking about it and eventually to be financially literal adults >> one of the coolest things i heard that day was from that first teacher right after, he said to me, what is amazing for him as a teacher to see is that for the first time a lot of the students in his classroom have hope because they understand that they can have a different financial situation than maybe their parents or other family members. >> it seems so obvious that that would be in the same curriculum as reading or writing, i don't see a downside for youngsters having an idea about finances. >> absolutely.

>> a lot of parents don't want to think about finances either >> why i have a 10-year-old who washes my car, gets ten bucks, and i say, you know, oh, i got ten dollars, i say, do you really have ten dollars $3 goes in taxes you worked for ten but you only have two >> then you charge them a service fee. >> in my house growing up, we didn't talk about money. later in life you kind of had to discover things on your own. >> that's what i'm saying, a lot of people don't want to talk about money, it's anxiety-producing. >> especially when you don't have a lot of it >> absolutely. and the teachers did say that, some parents have an issue with their kids knowing so much because then they come home and ask them a bunch of questions that they don't necessarily want to tackle. they're 11 years old and talking about buying opportunities and balancing their portfolio. >> hopefully it's a dynamic for the whole family >> why wait for mismanagement on

money for the lesson when they can get it right from the beginning? >> although i was surprised to hear them talking about mutual funds. >> if you want to find out if your kids' schools are teaching financial literacy, we have a look at today.com. >> and that was a joke about mutual funds coming up, kate snow taking us inside the mysterious place dubbed "the kingdom of women." traditional marriage doesn't even exist here. then we grill the ultimate burger with jesse bon jovi. i )m

within the last half hour .. fairfield police gave us an update on a deadly overnight shooting at an arco gas station in fairfield. good morning. 8:26 this morning. a deadly overnight shooting at a gas station in fairfield. this happened about midnight can. at. at least three were shot. that person has not been identified. another victim is in critical condition, also police say a third person walked into a near by hospital with non-life threatening injuries. he's arrested and facing charges of murder and attempted murder. police do not believe the shooting was random. now a look at the weather. >> we have a couple problems, everything else looks really smooth right now. south bay is okay.

101 slow and mountain view, 680 recovering, the earlier backup just cleared. more traffic towards the null and fremont. big problems for west 24th. crash at least for a short period of time had all lanes blocked and may still have problems so walnut creek through lafayette and down in towards the tunnel, big problem there. the upper east freeway west 80 crash clearing we have traffic at golden. back to you. >> we'll have more local news coming up for you in 30 minutes. oo

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foot space in the plane and a flight attendant said, could you tuck your orange bag in by your feet i said, no, this is a service dog in training. >> did you order room service? >> to thank sonny for his hard work, nbc sports wants to present to the guide dog foundation $5,000 to help you guys continue your great work. >> thank you so much >> great job, olivia, welcome home i'm sure you're ready to sleep in your own bed. >> while we're talking, we should mention, game 4 of the stanley cup final tonight, the bruins are up 2 games to 1 catch it, 8:00 eastern on nbc sports where did carson go? >> hi, how are you the orange shirts caught my attention. take a look at this group right here these are the rambunctious high

schoolers in illinois. you're just off a bus. >> yeah, 22 hours. >> 22 hours on a bus >> yes >> how was the ride? >> terrible, awful >> was it all high schoolers or any chaperones >> chaperones, yes >> we appreciate that your very first stop is the "today" show, and you're wearing your orange, which is perfect what else are you going to do in work >> we're about to sing at the statue of liberty. >> welcome to new york and thank for coming to the "today" show, guys >> thank you so much >> god bless those chaperones, 22 hours on a bus. >> sounds fun. >> they're going to need a big old nap after that coming up, they call it the kingdom of women kate snow journeyed to a remote area of china where women have all the power. get this, guys, marriage doesn't even exist there >> wow >> can you imagine >> submitted without comment >> leave it there. and we've got a recipe for a very special burger tied to a

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it stays cool in san francisco thanks to coastal clouds and fog and truth the next several days it will be summer-like and a brief cool down. highs will reach into the mid 70s but by the weekend it's hot once again. nice having it's nice having you guys still here >> we giggled through your whole forecast, al, thanks coming up, kate snow shows us an ancient society in china where women are inharge of ever cyt

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>> nbc's national correspondent kate snow traveled 7,000 miles to reach a place known as the kingdom of women, is that right? >> that is right, the kingdom of women. it took three planes and a long drive to get to this remote part of southwest china we went there to see a place where family life is structured completely differently from the way most americans pair off and start a home it's a place where grandma is in charge, marriage is unnecessary, and women have the power >> reporter: buku lake is nestled in the granite mountains of southwest china urchima takes tourists out on row boats. she's proud to live in a place where women are in charge. this ancient society is known as the kingdom of women home of the moso people, an ethnic minority. here women are in control. >> i've stumbled across this

female utopia. >> reporter: she started spending time here a dozen years ago and wrote the book "the kingdom of women." >> do you think this place is unlike most places on earth? >> yes, it is. the women's voice counts a bit louder than the men's. >> reporter: visit an moso home and you start to get it. a typical home has an ornate front door and inside is a really big courtyard everybody lives around the courtyard. the corn is drying out to feed the pigs we're here to visit the alu family, four generations living under one roof >> you're the grandmother, you're the eldest daughter, you're the youngest daughter, and you are her daughter >> translator: yes, one family >> and your family is structured along your grandmother's line. >> translator: yes >> reporter: it's called a m matrilineal society.

the fire in her room is never allowed to burn out. >> in the rest of china, property passes from father to son, but not here. >> translator: here, things are passed down from the mother. >> reporter: traditionally everyone lives with their mothers and siblings their entire lives uncles help raise their sister's kids, not their own. there's a whole ritual around how women and men partner up >> and you have a room on the second floor >> translator: yes, right here >> reporter: when an moso girl becomes of age, she gets her own room around the courtyard. a man can visit but only if she invites him. >> the man spends the night with her, he's her lover, and he might do that for the rest of his life >> or he might do it once. >> or never again. but he has his own female blood line family to return to >> he goes back to his mom >> yeah, and his grandma >> reporter: women don't have to

marry the father of their children zuma has been in one with the father of her daughter for two years. >> two people are together because they like each other if you no longer have feelings for one another, you break up. >> it sounds like women have freedom. >> yes, you have a choice for who you like >> reporter: the whole system creates a place where women are equals and that means less crime against women. >> people in this society think it's really weird when they hear issues facing women in other societies, domestic violence and rape >> they don't understand it? >> they don't understand it. >> reporter: we met up againurcs with her friends all night, which led to plenty of jokes about men. >> she just said the men work really hard at night

>> reporter: it's hard to fathom as americans no nuclear family. no mom, dad, and kids all in the same house >> about what about love, tammy? >> they actually say it's a better system for love, because in the united states, we combine everything, and then -- >> and then you have the household together >> bills to pay. if you separate, all the pressures we have in terms of taking care of a family, then it's just love >> reporter: their most revered god is a female goddess. they hold a huge festival in her honor every year and tourists come to watch. but that tourism is also changing this once-isolated society. >> there are busloads now. >> they come and bring the outside world in >> reporter: the cellphones, the selfies, social media. it's all here now. and with young mosos seeing how the outside world pairs off, many couples in the younger generation want the bling of a modern wedding >> i think it's cool >> it's trendy

>> it's trendy >> reporter: she says moso culture is still unique even with the changes and there's great hope that this ancient kingdom of women and its progressive ideals will survive in a modern world. >> if the moso ideal dies off, then we will have lost a very precious thing in humanity, i think, for womanhood >> she seems happy we have so many questions, kate. so if you're a little boy, you're raised by your mom, then when you become an adult, you're not kicked out of the society. >> no, you're still there, and then you're the uncle to your sister's kids. it's hard for us to wrap our head around it >> there weren't a lot of fathers. >> the fathers are there, and they make visits to their kids, but they live with their mothers. >> they don't raise the kids >> not fully because they live with the mothers >> but they might raise their sister's kids. >> the guys you talked to, we

noticed there weren't any in the piece, what did they say >> the men, i talked to a few of them, in the longer version we're benefit to put online, but the men respect and revere women there in a way that he's never seen anywhere else in the world, and they love this arrangement, because for them, they don't have a whole lot of -- they have responsibility for their sister's kids. anyway, they love it and i was saying touring the piece, there isn't even a word for rape in the language, in the moso language. that says something about how men treat women there. >> what what's the vibe? people felt happy? >> oh, my gosh, yes. and i took away, for me, i took away that the extended family is so strong and so important i don't have that in my life, i don't know about you guys, my siblings live in l.a. and portland, i never see them they do it so differently with your siblings and your parents, your grandparents being a part of your life, your whole entire

life, that i thought that's something maybe we could all -- >> how does the kingdom of women go over in other parts of southeast china or asia? >> southwest >> southwest >> it is different from the rest of china, china is a patrilineal, the man is in charge they think it's sort of a tourist attraction, they visit from beijing, we saw in the piece, there's a lot of tourists there. they see it as an oddity >> kate know, that was fascinating. >> savannah and i are thinking about retiring there >> i did ask about condos there. >> well-priced >> they'll know where to find us >> you can see the extended version of her story at today.com. >> fascinating >> al left guess what, coming up, burger time on the plaza with bon jovi, jon's son jesse. and some darned good wine, all coming up. coming up. first, this is "today" on c.nb each morning,

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this well this morning, we ar this morning on "today" food, we're launching a special series, "today" gets grilling. we joined by jesse bon jovi, the son of famous musician jon bon jovi they're partnered up with umami burger and are bringing us the hampton burger, to benefit the jbj soul foundation which fights hunger in the u.s. >> i'm happy to be here. >> we'll get to the burger in a minute, but it's hampton wine, the hampton burger where did this come from >> me and my buddies were always going out to long island and drinking rose like water, we

called it hampton water and the idea is born >> your dad is a fan of the pink wine >> he most certainly is. he really introduced it to me, not so along ago but essentially we were just going out there and we were drinking tons of it and he offered glasses of pink juice, he called it my buddies said, you're in the h water. >> this is a unique burger, if you go to umami burger, it will help the soul foundation >> one dollar from every one sold goes to help stop hunger, which we're really excited about. >> so we've got our burger >> i was given very strict directions on how to make this >> let's see it. >> you take these two buns we start grilling them here is actually a really cool

part, we take these onions and these are going to get sauted underneath these wagu beef patties. these patties are absolutely killer, they're super pressure >> wagu beef is a very nice quity of beef. >> absolutely, it is the best. then we're going to take these, nice and easy. we're going to add cheese to these over here. >> so we don't put the cheese on until we let it grill for a bit. >> these have been pre-flipped through the magic of television. the fun part is getting to build it >> i've got the peanut gallery over here. >> they're digging in. >> the quality of that meat is really great like butter. >> the important thing is, how is that rose hampton water. >> working, working. then we're going to take those buns that we just toasted up we're going to mayo 'em up

>> regular mayonnaise? >> regular mayonnaise. these are the fancy tomatoes these are roasted tomatoes these go right on here patty. this is something that i thought was really cool, and again, it goes really well with the wine these are pickled bea ed beets,s sweetness. >> i thought it was one of those canned cranberry than my mom used to buy. >> that's a pickled beets. >> oh, two patties on your burger >> then this vinaigrette, it's between chili vinaigrette. this is feta cheese. this all goes in here. >> it's like a little salad on your burger. >> exactly this is kind of that freshness that, as you know out in the hamptons, you want to get some good greens. and we need something a little healthy to go with this delicious burger this goes right on top of here >> wow, that looks tasty am i supposed to eat that? i better smush it down >> i think we're over here >> guys, does it have a kick to it or what >> we're into it

>> if you don't like beets, can you swap it out for something? >> i swap mine out, for sure it goes well with everything but you can switch this out, if you go to an umami until july 14th, if you're not a meat person, you can switch out this burger if you're not a meat person with an impossible burger. >> it all goes well with the rose >> check us out at instagr instagram @hamptonburger >> find the recipe at toy.com/foodda

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in the neighborhood. that suspect charged officers and they used deadly force. neighbors say the man that died has been dealing with mental illness. happening now, we have a crew talking to people in the neighborhood and police. we'll have a live update in the midday newscast. you can listen more on our home page. president trump right now is in london and that's where he's meeting with the queen in a visit that started with the stop this morning in buckingham palace. on twitter we're posting updates. the warriors come back for game three of the finals with fans asking questions, there is concern that klay thompson won't be able to play after injuring his hamstring. on our home page, we have an update whether klay thinks he'll be fit enough to play on wednesday. we'll have more local news and weather coming up. flying th.

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